Chapter 8024: Attack with all your might
The next day, under the command of Gongsun Fan, the Zan army launched a wave after wave of fierce attacks on Yecheng, the offensive was very fierce and continuous like a tide, and the Yuan army on the Yecheng city wall used stones, rolling wood, hot oil, and various city defense equipment to use in turn, and the battle was very tragic, but even so, the Zan army was still able to climb the Yecheng city wall and engage in brutal hand-to-hand combat with the Shao army.
In order to achieve the final victory, both sides did everything they could, especially the archers, who were the key to cover and defense, showing their advantage in long-range attacks, often before the attacking troops could get close, or before the defenders could drop the stones, they would be shot by arrows from the archers out of nowhere, and the unlucky ones would be killed on the spot.
In such a cruel battle, in the screams, ** sounds, crying and scolding of the city and the city, the sun finally set, and at the moment when the sun was waning, it finally drew a break for today's battle, the Zan army began to rest, and the Yecheng defenders began to change their defenses.
"This damn day has finally passed" Jiang Qi found that Han Meng had come to change his guard with five hundred soldiers, he took a long breath and said to Han Meng: "Is Gongsun Chan crazy?" Completely ignoring the soldiers, I suspect that the other side is not 10,000 people, but hundreds of thousands of people, just a few troops, there is no need to be so desperate, right? ”
Jiang Qi is a young man in his twenties, but if he looks at it from the outside, he is only afraid that he has passed the age of his establishment, his stature is not high, and he is still rosacea, rosacea is born, but every time he talks about it, he says: I was not rosacea before, but I drank rosacea because I was greedy for alcohol!
Han Meng came to Jiang Qi's side, smiled helplessly, and said, "No way." It seems that Gongsun Chan is really anxious, which means that the grain and grass in his camp are already insufficient, otherwise he would not be so desperate! ”
Han Meng is completely different from Jiang Qi. If you just listen to the name, you will definitely think that Han Meng is a big man. But he is really a handsome and beautiful man, and his personality is more introverted, he is half a head taller than Jiang Qi, you will not find any obvious characteristics from him, if you have to look for it, maybe when he laughs, you will find that his cheeks will show two shallow dimples.
Jiang Qi said: "It must be so, fortunately, my task has been completed today, and it will be up to General Han tomorrow!" ”
"I don't know when this battle will end. If Wen Chou can come back, he won't have to be afraid of Gongsun Chan anymore! ”
Han Meng pulled Jiang Qi aside and said in a low voice: "You said that less than 5,000 people can hold it for a few days?" Saying that, he sighed and said, "I don't know when Wen Chou will be able to rush back!" "On weekdays, the relationship between the two of them is good, and if they discuss it privately at this time, they are naturally not afraid of being known by a third party.
"I don't know how long I can keep it!"
Jiang Qi peeked around, making sure that he would not be heard by outsiders, before continuing: "The predecessor of the Black Mountain Army was the Yellow Turban Thief, and it is expected that Wen Chou will win soon and quickly return to help!" ”
"It's a yellow turban thief. But it is said that their combat power is very strong, and they are only afraid of Wen Chou......"
Han Meng lowered his voice: "If the city breaks the previous ugly and still hasn't come back, I'm afraid we ......."
Jiang Qi immediately understood what he meant, and said tentatively: "You mean that Gongsun Chan will execute me and others?" ”
Han Meng just nodded. But he didn't say anything.
'No! ”
Jiang Qi shook his head and said, "If it really comes to that moment......" Speaking of this, he hurriedly looked around, and then said in his ear: "As long as Yecheng has signs of being broken." You and my brother surrendered the city, and his grandson Chan is! ”
"Brother thinks the same way?"
Jiang Qi smiled and looked at Han Meng. After a while, he said: "This is the next policy, if you can hold Yecheng, you still have to defend it." Otherwise, it will be infamous for a lifetime! As long as you and my brother know about this, don't talk about it to the second person. ”
Seeing Han Meng nodded, he said again: "Now we only need to stabilize the morale of the army, and we must not demoralize the soldiers, just wait for Wen Chou to come back to help, and then we can kill Gongsun Zan and lose his armor!" ”
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Three days later, Han Meng wore chain mail and climbed the tower again, this time he didn't have time to talk to Jiang Qi, because the many corpses on the city wall urgently needed to be disposed of by his subordinates, and this was the interlude period of the Zhan army's siege, so he needed to hurry up and deal with the corpses all over the ground.
In order to prevent the outbreak of the plague, it is necessary to concentrate on rectification, and their task is to carry all the corpses down the tower, regardless of whether they are friends or enemies, and as for the rest of the matter, they do not have to worry about it, someone will do it.
Soon Han Meng's troops cleaned up the corpse, and Yecheng at this time was still as strong as ever, and the Zan army only launched a fierce attack like a tide on the first day, but from the second day, it reduced the investment of troops, so that the task of defending the city was suddenly reduced, but the fierce confrontation was increased several times, otherwise Han Meng's troops would not have lost more than 100 people in one day.
At this time, Han Meng boosted the morale of his subordinates, brothers, hold on for a few days, as long as General Wen Chou returns, then it will be the time for us to counterattack and take Gongsun Chan in one fell swoop, and then each of you can be promoted and rich. ”
Han Meng's words were a little pale, and his words seemed weak, and it was true that an illiterate old man could say something with self-restraint, which was probably more difficult than pressing the railing on the Yellow River, but it was such pale and weak words that made the soldiers full of anticipation and looking forward to the day when that day came.
Suddenly, a shout came from nowhere: "The Zan army has attacked again." ”
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On the sixth day of the siege, Gongsun Chan was in the camp.
Worried Gongsun Fan walked quickly to the big tent of the Chinese army, and at the moment he saw his eldest brother Gongsun Zhan, he said: "Big brother, you can't fight anymore, you have fought for six days, and you have lost 3,000 people, Yecheng is still impregnable, I think there are at least 5,000 people in Yecheng, or even more." Looking at it this way, our army is only three times the enemy, and attacking Yecheng with such an advantage is not a siege method at all! ”
Gongsun Chan said that if he could have an extra 5,000 troops now, or if there were no losses in these 3,000 people, it would be absolutely easy to take Yecheng.
But although the troops are insufficient, but he still has more than 10,000 infantry in his hands, he refuses to give up like this, he is unwilling, and sighs and says: "No matter how big the loss is, we must take Yecheng, otherwise we will all have to die in Jizhou, now if you don't fight when to fight, you don't have to say it anymore, pass the order, within three days, you must take Yecheng for me!" ”
"Within three days?"
Gongsun Fan looked at Gongsun Chan in disbelief, and persuaded him bitterly, saying, "Brother, this is absolutely impossible!" If you can really win it, you will have to pay several times the price of the enemy, maybe this good man in front of him will die in the city of Yecheng! Please think twice! ”
"Think twice, think twice, don't think twice with me, I've thought very clearly, now I don't know what happened to Youbeiping, and the plain is besieged again, Gao Tang is confronting Cao Cao again, now we have no way back, we must take Yecheng in one go!
Gongsun Chan did not listen to the dissuasion, Gongsun Fan could only sigh in his heart, he attacked for six days and lost 3,000 people, but how much could Yuan's army lose, at most 1,000 people, if he only had 5,000 people in the city......
Thinking of this, he was ruthless in his heart and said: "Since this is the case, then the eldest brother should stop worrying about casualties and attack Yecheng on a large scale!" ”
Gongsun Zhan patted a few shorter, Huo got up and said, "Brother Xian, you finally see the form clearly!" ”
The remnant sun was like blood, reflecting on the city wall of Yecheng, which had long been moistened with blood, and it was so shocking, Han Meng's arms were wrapped with ribbons wrapped at random, and the slug was long gone.
At this time, his hair was scattered, like a demon in the underworld, his eyes were red and he looked at the Zan army that receded like a tide, he didn't know why the Zan army suddenly became so crazy today, they repelled wave after wave of attacks of the Zan army, and in the end, there were less than 100 of the five hundred soldiers left beside him, if it wasn't for Jiang Qi's timely support, Yecheng would have changed hands today!
"This is the first time in the past few days that the Zan army has the potential to capture the city wall of Jizhou, it seems that Gongsun Zan is really going to fight hard!" Jiang Qi on the side said with palpitations.
Han Meng sighed and said, "Yes, on this day alone, there are less than three hundred soldiers left for you and me to participate in the battle!" ”
"Even you and I have hung up the lottery, which shows how desperate the Zan army is!"
Jiang Qi smiled helplessly and said, "If it weren't for the fact that all the stones and rolling wood were used up, it wouldn't be like this!" ”
"Yes, if only we could tear down the houses!"
"It's not that you don't know, our lord protects the people like a son, how can he give such an order, and he can only rely on crossbow arrows!"
"It's a pity that the crossbow arrows can't shoot through those swords and shields, and the giant arrows of the bed crossbow have run out, otherwise how can the Zan army easily climb to the city!"
"That's no way, anyway, tomorrow it's the senior cadres who will come to defend the city, if he is forced to be anxious, and propose to the lord to demolish the houses, maybe the lord can agree."
Suddenly seeing Han Meng glaring at him, Jiang Qi hurriedly shut up, returned to look at Gao Gan, and said with a dry smile: "General Gao is here!" ”
Gao Gan is of medium stature, born with a humble look and an arrogant and rude look, looking at the corpses all over the ground, he sneered and came to the two of them, and said: "It's really useless, I have lost so many people." Suddenly, there was a 'yo' sound, as if he had discovered a new world, and he shouted: "Why did the two generals hang the lottery?" ”
"What's wrong with the lottery? It's normal to get wounded on the battlefield! ”
Seeing that Jiang Qi was unceremoniously, Han Meng hurriedly and secretly pulled his armor, and said with a smile: "General Gao, today's Zhan army attacked fiercely, and tomorrow General Gao will definitely be able to avenge my two brothers today!" ”
"That's nature." Gao Gan said with an arrogant look.
"If that's the case, then the two of us will thank General Gao first." After Han Meng finished speaking, he smiled and said, "Since General Gao is here, the two of us will leave!" After speaking, he pulled Jiang Qi on the side and strode towards the city tower.
When the two of them went down the city tower, they saw Jiang Qi scolding with a red face: "What's it, a dog fights people, if it weren't for him being the nephew of the lord, I would definitely ......."
Before he finished speaking, he heard Han Meng 'shhh' and said, "Be careful that the wall has ears." After saying that, the two of them took their subordinates and went away. (To be continued.) )